Friday, November 28, 2014

We had a wonderful and relaxing 2 day Thanksgiving celebration with our families. Poor Chris was on a fire all Wednesday night so he spent most of Thanksgiving morning asleep but joined us at Uncles for lunch and football. He was pretty tired all day though. The girls enjoyed the hot tub and we got to play some cards too. It was great to see Claudya and Dustin! We spent Thursday with the Cox clan and Friday we went to the Ivies house. The girls loved helping decorate Gramma's tree and spent over 2 hours making artwork with Aunt Bethany and Gramma. I wasn't the best photographer so there aren't a ton of pictures but we had a great holiday.

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Chris got to feel Polly kick for the first time the night of Thanksgiving. She was moving like crazy when we laid down to sleep and he was able to feel her little kicks! So cool! It really is one of the best feelings. I cannot wait for the girls to get to feel it.

The girls have reached an awesome age where they play really well together. Often times it is at bedtime and I hate to interrupt it, but I do! The night before Thanksgiving was a C shift and the girls were having a blast together in Emma's room at bedtime so I suggested a sleepover. The girls have never slept together in our house. Ryan is a very independent sleeper and never wants to try it. On this night they both said yes (Emma about jumped out of her skin with excitement). They hopped up into Emma's bed and within a minute, and before I even turned the lights out, Ryan decided it wasn't a good idea. She wanted to go to her bed. I knew Emma was going to be crushed so I suggested the sleepover move to Ryan's room and that I would pull out Ryan's trundle bed for Emma. They both agreed to the idea, Ryan a little reluctantly. Emma was yelling "I'm tho ecthited!". I got them all tucked in and took this sweet picture, I delivered a snack to each of them and turned the lights out. I got to lay in my bed and read for a total of 38 minutes before it was all over. I even attempted to lay with them for a few minutes, but Ryan was over it. She was ready to go to sleep. I had to make Emma go back to her own bed. It was pretty sad. I thought we had reached a milestone, but we haven't yet. We will try again soon!

Monday, November 24, 2014

And we get another one! Baby Ivie #3 is another sweet baby girl! It was so fun to get to find out with the girls and our parents. Usually, I am being sewed up while Chris makes the big announcement to our families and friends. I really enjoyed getting to see the girls reactions. I was not surprised she is a girl, but Chris was. We can't wait to meet Pollyanna in April! Here are the pictures that Mom and Peg took of the big day.